Mardi Gras season is here and the Krewe of Rio has signaled the beginning with a royal king cake cutting and toasting event.

There are late bloomers, and then there’s talipot palms. In Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, a crop of imported palms is flowering for the first and only time after being planted by renowned Brazilian ...

Residents of the Alemão and Penha neighborhoods protest outside the Rio de Janeiro government building after the deadliest police massacre in the state's history. [Photo: Fernando Frazão/Agência ...

This is read by an automated voice. Please report any issues or inconsistencies here. Rio’s deadliest police raid killed at least 121 people, including four officers, while targeting the Red Command ...

RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — The death toll in a major police raid targeting a drug trafficking gang in Rio de Janeiro has risen to at least 121 people, authorities said Thursday morning. The operation began ...

About 2,500 Brazilian police and soldiers launched a massive raid on a drug-trafficking gang in Rio de Janeiro on Tuesday, arresting 81 suspects and sparking shootouts that left more than 100 people ...

The police operation, involving more than 2,500 officers, was carried out on Tuesday, Oct. 28, and targeted a drug trafficking gang At least 64 people have died following a police operation targeting ...

Oct. 29 (UPI) --At least 119 people were killed, including four policemen, and 113 arrested in the largest anti-drug police operation in Rio de Janeiro's history. The operation took place in the Penha ...

The operation targeted the Comando Vermelho gang for drug trafficking. At least 121 people were killed in Brazil in the deadliest police operation targeting organized crime and drug trafficking in Rio ...

Rio de Janeiro has been gripped by some of its fiercest urban violence in years after large-scale police operations against the Comando Vermelho (Red Command) criminal organization ignited running gun ...

The death toll in Rio’s deadliest police operation in history rose to 132 people, the state authorities say, sparking outrage and a reckoning. By Ana Ionova Reporting from Rio de Janeiro. The bodies ...

At least 132 people have died in a massive police raid aimed at organized crime in Rio de Janeiro, the regional public defender’s office said on Wednesday. Among the dead are four Brazilian police ...